Apparatus for making an electrical connector



v Mar(...h ll, 1958 2,825,92

- APPARATUS FOR MAKNG AN ELECTR:CAL CONNECTOR R. M. HELLER ori ina1 F11ed Ju1 2' 1956 FIG).|.

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INVENTOR ROBERT M HELLER ATTORNEYS Said ppening into said tubular shell may ow into and ll the Space betvveen said ange and said Shoulder during the dipping opefation, nleans fol' 1iIniting insertion of the body portion said Inandrel into Said shell to flereby vary the cation of said Shoulder Telative to Said Hange, and rneans for holding the body ortion of said nlandrel in adjusted inserted P()Siti 0l1 Withn Said She11 and 0pe able t0 Supp01t `said Shell on said Tnandrel.

9' A tool for use during a dipping opetation in liquid plastic for nlaking a plastic boot for a tubular Shell of an electrical eceptace having at one end an outvvardy )10- jecting annular abunent aDge and having at its other end an inwardly extending annular Hange defining an opening for an electrical conductor; C0Inprising a Inandrel having a Substantially cylindrica1 body portion inseTtable ino Said tubular shell and having an axial extension inSert able through said opening S0 that Said extension is exposed to and may be coated by liquid lastic during the dipping operation, said body p0rtion being Shaped to sub Stal1tially iit vvithin Sajd tubular shell to prevent the Ovv of liquid plastic between Said body portion and said tubular Shell, the c oSS Section of Said extension adjacent Said body poftion being le S than the area Of Said opening SO said opening into Said tubular shel Inay HOW into and fill the space betvveen said ange and Said shouldel during the dipping 0peration, and nleans fol' li1iting isertion of the body portion of said Inandrel into said shell 10.` A tpol for use during a dipping operation in liquid plastic fof making a plastic boot for a tubular shell of an electrical receptacle having at one end an 0l1tvva1'd1y projecting ahnular abutnent ange and having at its ot]1er end an iI vardly extending annular iange deiining an opening for Il electrical conductor; 0Elprising a nlandrel having a substantially cynndrical body portion insertable into Said tl bular shell and havi11g an axial extension in- Ser2 be through Said opening S0 that Said extension iS exposed t0 and nay be coated by li( uid plastic during the dipping operation, said body portion being shaped to substantiauy t Within Said tubular shell to prevent the oW of liquid plastic betvveen said body portion and said tubular Shel, the cross section of said extension adjacent said body p ortion being less than the area of said opening S0 that liquid plastic Inay HOW through Said 0pning into said shell and ITlay ll the space in Said opening between the edges there0f and said extension during the dipping operation, the cross section of said extension adjacent said body l0rtion als0 being les5 than the cross section of said body Portion Whereby Said Inandrel iS pfovided at the juncture of said extension and said body portion With an annuar shoulder adapted to be 10cated in spaced relation to sa[id Hange s0 that li(uid lastic 0vving through said opening into Said tubular shell nlay Ow into and ill the Space between said ange and said Sh0ulderdur ing the dipping O ation, and ITleans fo holding the body portion of Said mandrel in adjustedinserted p0 sition )vithin aid shell and operable to support Said she1 0n said mandrel 4 the location of said Shoulde: relativc to -Z,7jS,07 Heuer Iuly 24, 196 

